I'll be on the road to Hershey, took a bit longer than normal to get in the full "Hershey anticipation mode" but I'm getting ready. Can't help but wonder if the recent Wall Street events will effect the swap meet. Will people be parting with past "Keepers", and will people have less play money?

Hey Bob, have you replaced that Ford van yet???

If not, keep Nearchoc's phone number handy. You can use mine too, if it's serious!

Wayne

PS, raining in Virginia today. Let's hope it gets out of the system.

While you are walking around out there, WATCH OUT! The SKY IS FALLING!

Enjoy the event and ignore most of the news hysteria!

We'll be there. The truck is already loaded, the car's in the trailer, everything is already gassed up and hooked up. All I have to do is get home from work Monday morning, change my clothes and GO!!

Hershey is the adult car lover's version of a kid at Christmas....

I am exactly ready as you are. My cube van and explorer are loaded with parts to sell, they have both been serviced and gased up ready to go. I get to leave sunday morning with a friend of mine that I was in the Air Guard with. The air is now cooler and the thoughts of another Hershey are here.

Wish I was as ready as Pat and Pack. The slide in camper and truck are ready and I'm starting to think about stacking up the flea stuff but haven't yet.

I have to put the half the down stairs back together from having new flooring put down today, then I can get seriously started, I hope.

Jim, I have to be honest. I didn't have to pack all the parts for the trip. When I got back from Hershey last year, I never unloaded the cube van. I just put it in storage with everything in it. That way no mad rush of loading up. If I had to load up like I used to, i would be scrambling like everyone else.

That's the thing it's good we have our hobby to keep our minds off the crazy stuff out there. Jeez it seems like more and more I feel like I don't really care what happens, if the president matches my viewpoints if everything sways left or right if this or that happens. Just like......DONT make any laws that say I can't play with my clunky ol' iron and dont take away my gasoline and I'll be ALL SET.

I wonder how much it would cost me to be the one to shave Mr. Youknowho's head?

After last year, I'm sure it's on the speed dial!

Hi,
It's time to check the weather 10-day forecast on www.weather.com
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday look OK, but showers for Wednesday

I'm still going to work every day this week, but as time ticks by, a greater and greater percentage of my brain is in beautiful Hershey, PA. No car will be joining us on the trip this year (well at least on the way down, on the way back... who knows). We leave Friday after work to be there for the Library & Research Center Committee meeting on Saturday morning. Hershey in October for nine days: priceless.

Doug, Last week I found the radiator header tank from last years fiasco, SIGNED and dated by the gal who helped put the thing back together, and later went on to set a LSR Record at Bonneville. How cool is that!

I'm ready. I've been ready. Ready since last October. And I'm already ready for next year! I can't wait for Monday morning! You know why? 'Cause I'm ready.

Got everything lined up looking at it I'm wondering if my Bus is Big enough.LOL

I have loads of Parts for Lincolns fenders etc make sure you stop over to see what I have.

Mark Golding GBK 41-44

I need to make my first trip out to this mecca some year. Before I get to old

Let's see:
mount some new tiedowns in trailer, Pack trailer, Get camper ready. load comaper on truck, Yep preety close to being ready.

I might have to move a semi triler that's blocking the street. Can get around it with a car but not my truck with the camper on it. The people are moving an older gentleman out of his house is the reason for the trailer but it would have been nice if ABF would have dropped it closer to the edge of the road.I wonder what they paid Dick Tracey to park it there and not get ticketed. No trailers are allowed to be parked on the streets at night here.

For us it is get the travel cages for the ferret (we are down to just Taunee. Junior had to be put down on Sept. 20th due to blood sugar issues that could no longer be controlled with medication) and the chinchilla ready and into the RV. Do a few last loads of laundry (got to have LOTS of extra socks ), pay the last of the bills and make sure everything is battened down in the RV to go up the road.

I sure hope we find enough parts this year so that Bill will say we can go back in 2009. We found NOTHING last year for any of our cars and I was lucky to get him to agree to go back this year. Every year it gets harder to convince him to go. But this year we will be looking for things for Woodstock, our '74 Mercedes Benz 450SL, so that opens a whole new area of parts to look for.

Hope you all have a safe trip and I get to see some of you there.

Before everyone leaves, floor creepers and tool chests must be pointed towards Derry Township (Central PA). These after all are the high Holy days of Hershey!

So Steve are you bring an empty trailer just in case?

Bob, I must have missed something last year. I don't remember you mentioning any mishap or misfortune on the road when I saw you at your spot last year. Would the others who know more about the incident care to share with the rest of us??? Not that I would ever use this info to my advantage........

Frank

YES!!!

Frank, They were 21 inch rims, I really thought they were Model T Ford items, it was an honest mistake...............Hershey 2007 the four hour trip down on Tuesday took TEN HOURS ! looking back on the whole deal now it was really a great experiance. The plan was to meet a friend and his wife in New Jersey and drive to Hershey, a little bit after the first hour from home the van started to overheat. Plastic header tank had a split on top about 8 - 10 inches long. Long story short I bought all the JB Weld I could find until we arrived at Hershey. My love of Post War cars is only exceded by working on daily drivers. Had the old radiator out by mid day Wednesday, Doug of Nearchocolatetown fame got me a new one from the local parts guy and we finally got things buttoned up and ready to roll Sunday morning. There is a water tube in a Ford E-350 that runs under the intake manifold that had a hole in as well, after repairing it connecting that piece required removing more engine items. Trip home was fine. I've been good to the van this year, new ball joints and two new tires. see you Tuesday

The Facts;

He bought all the tubes of sealer that JB Weld could find. Needless to say, their stock offering has been strong ever since and the factories have been busy trying to restock their shelves.

Wayne
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Bringing an empty trailer might be a little obvious for Miss Pamela. If the right one shows up, it needs to be her idea! If the blessed event happens, other arrangements can be made.